Key ideas from Gavin Newsom

• California Governor Gavin Newsom's speaking event at Davos was canceled by the USA House after Trump administration pressure
• "4,340 books banned in libraries and schools in the United States of America" - Newsom on current censorship efforts
• California contributes $83.1 billion net to federal government while Texas takes $73.1 billion as a "taker state"
• Trump administration averaged only 49,000 jobs per month in first year, worst outside recession since 2003
• California has 18% of world's R&D spending, more Fortune 500 companies and Nobel laureates than any other state
• Newsom launched "Patriot site" selling knee pads as political satire targeting corporate compliance with Trump administration
• "The imbalance between the rich and the poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics" - citing Plutarch
• California received $106 billion in venture capital last year with 68% reinvested in-state despite progressive tax structure